Category: Performances
Previews of performances.
Dancing Through the Intifada: Yasmeen Godder’s “Strawberry Cream and Gunpowder”
In 2004, Yasmeen Godder focused her artistic lens squarely on the conflict in her country – and specifically on the tragic images flooding the media – in “Strawberry Cream and Gunpowder.”
Viewing an Israeli Vision with Diasporic Eyes: A Look at Renana Raz’s “We Have Been Called to Go”
For me, the power of the first moment in “We Have Been Called to Go” is sustained throughout the entire work, and I imagine that if I was an Israeli, it might have been an even more powerful viewing experience.
“MAX” – Connecting to Ohad Naharin’s Choreography
MAX’s movement is mesmerizing and wide-ranging, from tightly gestural to gloriously full-bodied, from slow and steady to sudden and speedy.
Amir Kolben’s “Gates of Jerusalem” – Dancing the Real Jerusalem
What is the “real Jerusalem”? To choreographer Amir Kolben, the real Jerusalem is “a city of tensions, between being holy and being profane, between high and low, between dangerous and wonderful places, between dirty markets and serenity.”
Ohad Naharin’s “Deca Dance” in Israel: A Cycle Completed
Deca Dance, an unfixed assemblage of excerpts from Ohad Naharin’s repertory.